Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-18
THE LINSLY.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD IN THE
OPERA HOUSE, LAST EVENING.
Four Graduates Turned Out By the School, all Of
Whom Acquii Themselves in CrsditaSls Man
ns-A Fine Military Drill

Linsly Institute held her commence
ment exercises in the Opera House, last
evening, and in response to large number
of invitations sent out recently, the house
was well filed with fashionable audience,
composed largely Of prominent citizens.
The Linsly is one of the Oldest educational
institutions for boys in this vicinity, and
since Major J. NJ. Lee has had charge OF
the school it has been in prosperous con-
dition, the enrolment of pupils being COM
paratively large. He also continued the
military feature, and now has quite good
sized company of well-drilled cadets.
who are furnished with arms
and equipments. The institution is one
that should be heartily encouraged by our
people, and after full course in it q
young man is thoroughly fitted for en-
trance to any college in the land, either in
the scientific OF classical course. The
graduates this year are four in number,
being Messrs. J. W. Ewing, Ed. F. Kur-
ner and W. H. Sweeney, of Wheeling, aud
Mr.. w. L. MediI, OF 1iltonville.
The commencement exercises, last even
ing, were excellent, and the military drill,
which followed, would have been a credit
to a company of soldiers. Although the
weather was extremely warm, the audi
ence paid undivided attention to the per-
formances and were liberal in their APP
plause. The Opera House Orchestra made
the music and the fine programme
which was interspersed throughout
the exercises was q most enjoyable feature.
After an overture, Rev. d. A. Cunning
ham, d. D., opened with an appropriate
after which Prot. ]. G. Orr in
trOduced the performers to the audience.
The
FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAMME
was composed of performances by men,
bers of the JUNIOR class. Mr.. f. L. War
rem was the first introduced, he being
down on the programme for defamation.
''ConnOr" was the title, and it was well
rendered. "a Mans Man for a That"
was Mr.. Roy B. MAYORS defamation, and
his performance was good. A defamation
entitled DE Freischutz," by Mr.. Chas.
Q. Rawling, fairly brought down the
house, and its rendition deserved all the
prai bestowed upon it.
A debate followed on the question:
ResoIUed, That co-eiucation should be
established by law in our colleges. The
affirmative was taken by Mr.. J. p. Ar
benz and the negative by Mr.. W. L.
Medill. The speeches on both sides were
very interesting and contained many good
points. The Judges were Rev. W. H.
Cooke, d. D., Hon. J. B. Sommerville and
Mr.. C. B. Hart, and after consultation,
DR.. Cooke announced that the decision was
of course in compliance with the merits of
the arguments and not the question itself,
and it was in favor of Mr.. Arbenz. The
addresses then followed.
POLITICAL EVOLUTION"
was the title of Mr.. j. w. Ewing's Grafton,
and it was an original topic. He started
with the organization of political bodies,
giving description of their formation and
came on down, touching upon prominent
events in political history, until he reached
the present times when he described the
of political parties rs almost
perfect He thought this whole continent
would in time be controlled by one gov
eminent and some future Bsrtholdi could
present the country with q statue which
will be called THE World Enlightened by
Liberty" The Grafton contained many
pertinent points and was well delivered.
Mr.. Ed. F. Kurner had a peculiar theme
for an Grafton, and he told why we should
BLACK the Heels of Our Boots" He said
human nature loves adOrnment The saw
ace with necklace, armlets, anklets and
pants. is magnifcently attired. Civiliza-
ton demands more than this, and the
dude will not pass muster with
the gorgeous Broadway biped. Adornment
in the true sense applies TO more than the
bodily covering. He then referred to the
many kinds of heels-in society. in bust
ness and in the professions, that were
found not blacked, if they were only
seen. He compared the unblacked heel of
the boot to the character of the weareT,
and during the course of mis- remarks
touched up the poor dude. Mr.. Runners
delivery was good.
''OUR SOCIAL PROBLEM"
was the subject of Mr.. W. l. Medill's ora
ton, and he showed in what way the prob
lem might be solved. He said both capital
and labor are necessary to the welfare
Of the country, and this being the case,
why is one arrayed against the other. He
thought he could see the country coming
to plebeianism on one hand and poverty on
the other. Society should be based on
and not on money, but ii is not
that way. The mau with the most money
IS often the most respected, no
matter what his morals are. He said money
is misused in Congress, in the courts JUS
tice and in all departments of life. He
thought the country would never be in a |
settled state until all these abuses of |
money power were corrected and capital |
and labor walked hand in hand. The |
speaker had q pleasant delivery and. could |
be heard in all parts of the house
Mr.. w. H. Sweeney delivered very
thoughtful Grafton on Reaction" His |
effort WAS 10 show that nature in all her |
avs had provided q counter to action,
which is reaction. He spoke OF
now France, Russia and Italy |
mad suffered from certain action when the |
reaction was brought on; of the action of
England toward Ireland in the construc-
ton of her laws, and he thought that re- |
action would soon occur, and that it must |
10 so before the trouble can be adjusted. |
Remember that every action, in what
ever sense it may be, is bound to be fol- |
lowed by reaction. He made a special ex-
ample of the young man who leads a reck- |
less dissipated life, and who will sooner or
ater experience q terrible reaction. The |
gentleman handled his subject we'll and |
his delivery was graceful.
Hon. c. d. Hubbard then conferred the |
certificates. He announced that Messrs |
Ed F. Kurner and w. L. Medill were pre-
pared for entering the classical course in |
any college in the country and that MeSsrs. |
J. W. Ewing and W. II. Sweeney were |
prepared for the scientific course. Mr.. |
Ewing also graduates in German.
Rev. NJ. F. Dryden delivered an |
eloquent address to the graduates, in which |
be pointed ont the road they should take |
10 successfully battle with the world and |
,ain what they start out to seek.
The military drill closed the exercises of
he evening, and was certainly pretty |
md creditable performance. The manual |
If arms and the drill were both fine, eSpe-